The Middle East continued to be the strongest export market for Holden in 2005, with
a record annual wholesale figure of 30,556 vehicles. This included a record 19,438 long
wheelbase Chevrolet Caprice models, an increase of 54 per cent on the previous year.

Pontiac GTO was again in demand in the United States, with 11,729 GTOs exported in 2005.
That brings the number of GTOs exported to the US to 31,548 over three years – about 2.5
times the total number of sales of Holden Monaro on which the GTO is based.

The third biggest export market for Holden in 2005 was New Zealand, with 8280 vehicles
across the full range including 6190 Holden Commodores.

The new markets of China and Korea made important contributions to Holden’s vehicle
export tally, with 5976 Buick Royaum and 1878 Daewoo Statesman models respectively, both
based on the Statesman and Caprice vehicles.

“China and Korea provided a welcome boost to our exports for 2005, but both countries
are relatively new markets and we are not expecting to repeat that performance in 2006,”
Mr Batey said.

“The strong Australian dollar combined with rising costs will make it difficult to
maintain our record level of export performance in the coming years.

“However, Holden has been exporting Australian-made vehicles for more than 50 years
and exports will continue to play a major role in our vehicle production for the
foreseeable future,” he said.